Comments

Comment by Rockfall

Socketing three of these guys gives my Disc priest and extra 1397 mana, not something to be sniffed at. For those classes without a Intelligence modifier, the figure is 1215, which isn't shabby.

As ever, gear is a balancing act, but if you're high on spellpower already and want some more mana and regen (think replenishment, which gets better the more int you have) this is the way to go.

Comment by Vhailor

Raw Intellect is excellent for Paladins; this gem is at least as good as the crit or spellpower gems.

As noted above, it is quite easy to stack % modifiers on your intellect / mana pool as a Paladin; BoK, Divine Intellect, and the metagem give you quite a lot extra out of every point of int you actually stat for. From int, you get delicious spellcrit and spellpower (from Holy Guidance). From your mana pool, you get a huge benefit from percentage- based mana restoration effects like Plea and Replenishment. On short fights, having a huge mana pool lets you go balls to the wall with big heals without having to worry overmuch about conservation; on longer fights these mana restoration effects get a huge boost.

Comment by Theolol

Patch 3.2 Prismatic/Jeweler's Gems changes:

"In the next major content patch we will be removing the prismatic quality of the jewelcrafter-only Dragon’s Eye gems. Like other gems, they will have to match the socket color to receive a socket bonus. When this change occurs, players with qualifying jewelcrafting skill will be provided a yet to be determined amount of Dalaran Jewelcrafter Tokens as compensation."